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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2007
Applicants:

John F. Nathan, White Lake, MI (US);

Tom Q. Tang, Novi, MI (US);

Riad Ghabra, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Inventors:

John F. Nathan, White Lake, MI (US);

Tom Q. Tang, Novi, MI (US);

Riad Ghabra, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A seat folding apparatus is provided with a passive Rf frequency link that requires that a person be within a certain limited distance from the vehicle to operate the seat folding mechanism. A foreign object detection system, such as a plurality of weight sensors, is provided in the seat to detect foreign objects on the seat.


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